Personal Record was produced by Eric Broucek and its songs were co-written with musician/novelist Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding).

Friedberger says the lyrics are "more inclusive" and deal with love "but not simply about romantic love," with an emphasis on love of music, "how you feel when you hear someone sing a song for the first time" or "how you can feel close to someone you barely know because you both happen to love the same record."

Of the album title, Friedberger recently told Pitchfork's Laura Snapes:

I'm really pleased with the album title, because it's something that I've been holding on to... I can't believe that no one's made a music album called Personal Record. Either it's so genius or it's just so bad that no one would ever want to do it... I love the pun of it very much, and I love the play on sports, and to make a very crude analogy, it's like an emotional test and a physical test.

Read Snapes' recent interview with Friedberger here and watch a teaser for the album after the tracklist

Personal Record:

01 I Don't Want to Bother You
02 When I Knew
03 I'll Never Be Happy Again
04 Stare at the Sun
05 Echo or Encore
06 My Own World
07 Tomorrow Tomorrow
08 You'll Never Know Me
09 I Am the Past
10 She's a Mirror
11 Other Boys
12 Singing Time

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Watch the Fiery Furnances play "The Old Hag Is Sleeping" (via Pitchfork.tv) after the tracklist.